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Nathalie Stephan and Antoine El-Hajj were married Saturday, July 8, 2000, at Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church by Father George Chioros. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Issa Stephan of Hampton, Va. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred El-Hajj of Montreal, Canada. Jennifer Stephan of Virginia Beach, sister of the bride, was maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Lisa Phillips of Suffolk, Va., Eleni Kopassis of Virginia Beach, Tanya Renica of Chesapeake, Nadine Kaplo of Montreal, Canada, and Sara Leocadi of Houston, Texas.

Sadie Lefort Aucoin, 95, wife of the late Joseph E. Aucoin, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2006. She was a native of Nova Scotia, Canada and had lived in Newport News since 1952. She was a homemaker and a member of Warwick Assembly of God Church. She leaves three children, Stanley Aucoin of Newport News, Jeanne Smith and husband, Harvey E. Weinstein of Yorktown and Eric Aucoin and wife, Rosalinde of Yorkville, Ill.; four grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

Demetrios "Jim" Sorokos, 78, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 18, 2004, in Riverside Walter Reed Hospital. A native of Amfissia, Greece, he had been a Newport News resident for the past 31 years. Mr. Sorokos was a co-owner of the Warwick Motel Restaurant in Newport News from 1973-1977. He retired in 1994 as owner of the Oasis Restaurant in Hampton after 17 years. He was a member of Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church and a member of AHEPA. Mr. Sorokos was preceded in death by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Sorokos.

From the Get Serious! Institute for Advanced Research on Physics, Metaphysics and Unauthorized Uses of the Office Fax Machine comes this report on our latest research project: Why is it so cold in winter? We are not satisfied with the conventional explanations. Sure, we're told it's because the days don't last as long as they do in the summer, but we don't know about that. If the sun's not up in the sky, then it's down underneath, so it must be heating up the Earth under our feet.

Donovan Rose is the 20th head coach in the 107-year history of Hampton University. Most of his predecessors enjoyed successful debuts, with 13 winning their first games at HU. The first seven coaches won their opening game as HU's Big Whistle, and none of the first six saw their defenses allow even a point in their debut. Rose's predecessors, Joe Taylor and Jerry Holmes - both of whom he coached with - won to open their HU head-coaching careers. CANADIAN HEALTH-CARE FAN The Pirates' second-team All-MEAC place-kicker, Carlo Turavani, was sidelined by a car accident this summer in his native Canada.

nVIEW Corp. lost its battle with U.S. trade regulators on Thursday, and said the defeat will cast in concrete its decision to assemble its main products outside the United States. nVIEW Chairman James H. Vogeley said the company has made 300 units of its main product in Toronto, Canada so far this month as a means of avoiding a 62.7 percent import tax on a key component. Continuing to assemble the units on the Peninsula would have meant raising their price substantially or cutting into the company's bottom line, executives said.

Cyclists and runners occupy the spotlight this weekend in the Hampton Roads area, including the ninth annual Southeastern Cycling Classic Saturday at Waterside in Norfolk. Area road runners will be competing in the 13th annual 10K Elizabeth River Run, starting at 9 a.m. Saturday in Norfolk. The cycling event, beginning at 11:30 a.m., is a 20-mile race around the course at Waterside in downtown Norfolk. "It's going to be quite a weekend for cyclists and people who enjoy watching them race," said race director Peter Teeuwen.

Let's start out by not quibbling with America's socialists' false claim that health-care service is a human right that people should have regardless of whether they can pay for it or not and that it should be free. Before we buy into this socialist agenda, we might check out just what happens when health-care services are "free." Let's look at our neighbor to the north -- Canada. The Fraser Institute, a Vancouver, B.C.-based think tank, has done yeoman's work keeping track of Canada's socialized health-care system.